Coffee is a drug. Prescription drugs are the most common contributor to car accidents , other than sleep deprivation. Do your research.
I smoke and i should quit. Ill try almost any drug because i dont believe the laws that dictate what is acceptable and what isn't is either a criminal issue or a health issue.
Cynical views would see the hypocracy of a government that taxes alcohol and ciggaretes, yet they are the two top addiction problems worldwide. And they kill more people directly through smoking and indirectly through financial strain, depression and on going family breakdowns because of addiction.
Gambling is the other hidden tragedy, not so much in US but WW of course. Gambling addicts spend much more money on their habit than any drug addict.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
